Securing stanchions of vessels in place



(No Model.

T. REES. v v SECURING STANGHION$ OF VESSBLS IN PLACE. No. 382,620;

PatentedMayB, 1888] Mhs 555 G: ecfkuiuw I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS M. REES, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

SECURING STANCHIONS OF VESSELS IN PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 382,620, dated May 8, 1888.

Application filed October 21, 1887. Serial No. 258,042. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, THOMAS M. Bans, of

- Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have. invented a new and useful Improvement in Methods of Securing Stanchions of Vessels in Place; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

In the construction of iron or steel vessels the employment of the tubular or cylindrical stanchion which passes through the deck of the vessel has been found obje'ctionablein that there is always aleakage around the stanchion, caused by the frictional action upon the deckfloor and in placing and keeping the stanchions in line.

The object of my invention is to obviat these difficulties and provide means for holding the stanchions in line and in a fixed position with relation to the deck of the vessel and to avoid all leakage.

To enable others skilled in the artwith which my invention is most nearly connected to make and use it, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of my specification, Figures 1 and 3 represent side views of the stanchion secured to the ribs of thehull and thedarling of the upper deck of the vessel. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device I employ for holding the stanchion in line and in a fixed position with relation to the deck-flo0r for preventing leakage around the stanchion. Figs.'4, 5, 6 are detail views.

I In the drawings, A represents a section of a rib of thehull-frame, and B the carling for the support of the upper deck;'O, the beam which supports the deck-floor D; E, the stanchion. These several parts are constructed in the usual manner and secured in position as indicated in the accompanying drawings and well understood by builders of ironand steel vessels.

I surround the stanchion Ewith a packing- 5 sleeve, F, having vertical projecting flanges e,

*for bolting it to the beam 0, which supports the deck-floor D, and a horizontal projecting flange, f, for forming a support for the decktimbers and for the material employed in calk- 5o ing between the deck-floor and the sleeve above the horizontal' flangef, that portion of the sleeve above the horizontal flange f being quadrangular when viewed in cross-section. The bore of the sleeve is of greater diameter than the diameter of the stanchion, as indicated in Fig. 4. When the stanchion is secured in position, with the sleeve F secured in its position to the beam Oand concentric to the stanchion, molten leador other suitable in a fixed position with relation to the beam G and deck-floor D. The advantage will be apparent to those skilled in building vesselsof iron or steel.

Having thus described my improvement, 7

what I claim is- The sleeve F, having flanges e andf, in conibination with the beam 0, floor D, and stanchion E, substantially as herein described, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have my hand this 12th day of October, A. D. 1887.

THOMAS M. mans.

Witnesses:

A. O. JOHNSTON, O. S. JOHNSTON.

hereunto set 8o 

